They are muck spreading right now, though, so plenty of shit on the roads to make you feel at home.
I’m increasingly hearing this guy’s name mentioned as one to watch, and this is a great response:
https://unherd.com/2023/07/a-new-blasphemy-battle-is-coming/
It seems almost certain that more blood will be spilled in the West over blasphemy. Meanwhile, with each new “affair”, the noose around expression is tightened, and people take greater pains to err on the right side of the assassin’s veto. This means that, in effect, well-meaning people and institutions come to accept the logic of the fatwa, but the more we accept it, the lower the bar for extremist allegations drops and, perversely, the more likely violence becomes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-66507564
Police investigating reports of a man removing dummies from babies have made an arrest.
Essex Police said pacifiers were taken from babies in Harlow on four occasions between 10 February and 7 August.
A 23-year-old-man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of theft from a person, robbery and using threatening behaviour to cause alarm or distress.
The incidents were reported in the Staple Tye Shopping Centre, Woodcroft, Parsloe Road and Cooks Spinney areas.
The man remains in police custody.
Essex Police said the investigation began after “a series of reports of a man approaching people with babies, and removing their dummies”.
It appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Dentist or perv, I wonder?
We woke up this morning to yet-more fog, but my complaints have evidently been noted because August seems to be getting itself together.
(Note, also, Dog’s bare feet. No cone last night, either. He still has a tiny scab on the rubbed patch, but I think that will be gone in a day or so!)
I’ve heard about that, they did it when it went out of copyright.
Did you watch it?
Wow! That’s amazing!
The weight must have been a challenge.
Umm….
Disgusting. Who would do that?
Ooh, ta.
Personally? Any day. I love grilled aubergines in oil.
I suspect it’s partly because our newspapers are politicised, like your TV channels are. It’s the right-leaning papers that are covering it, in the same way that (say) Fox News might.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/14/esg-corporate-wokeness-sinister-threat-to-freedom/
The Free Speech Union (FSU) reports that one in 20 of its cases are directly related to EDI training. For many, these cases have involved the loss of their livelihoods, and for others disruption to their financial lives. When you see de-banking banks talking about “purpose” and “values”, or HR departments dragging an employee through the wringer for wrongspeak, if you follow the trail far enough, you will likely reach ESG.
True, but it’s getting a bit tricky to put on as my hands start to go through the wrong holes!